passwords database

John R. Sowden jsowden at americansentry.net
Mon Sep 8 02:19:04 UTC 2014


On 09/07/2014 05:11 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Sun, 07 Sep 2014 14:47:59 -0700 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> When I log onto some sites, I key in my user name and the login fields
>> are populated with the completed user name and password.  What program
>> is performing this function?  It does not work on all programs.  One
>> now, that I use a lot, has an old password that I must correct each
>> time.  Can I edit this database?  I have never entered a 'master
>> password' on my computer.
>
> Firefox maintains a password database.  To control what is saved (or not), you
> can use Edit menu: Edit->Preferences, Security Tab.
>
>>
>> John
>>
>
Thank you.  I found that passwords are not saved when using the 'private 
mode'.

John





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